150 PLACE NAMES IK THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Harlan; county, and town in same county, in Kentucky, named for Maj. Silas Harlan. 
Harlan; county in Nebraska, named for James Harlan, secretary of the interior, 
1865-66. 
Harlem; part of New York City and the channel which extends northward from 
Hell Gate, connecting with the Hudson, named from the town in Holland. 
Harleyville; town in Dorchester County, South Carolina, named for a resident 
family. 
Harman; village in Arapahoe County, Colorado, named for L. B. Harman, its 
founder. 
Harmer; township and village in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, named for the 
Hon. Harmer Denny. 
Harmony; borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, named by a colony of Ger- 
mans to indicate the principle of its organization. 
Harnett; county in North Carolina, named for Cornelius Harnett, an American 
statesman. 
Harney; county, city in same county, and lake in Oregon, named for General 
Harney. 
Harper; county in Kansas, named far Marion Harper, first sergeant Company E, 
Second Kansas Regiment. 
Harpers Ferry; town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, named for Robert Har- 
per, who settled there in 1734 and established a ferry. 
Harpersfield; town in Delaware County, New York, named for Joseph Harper, an 
original patentee. 
Harpersfield; township in Ashtabula County, Ohio, named from the town in New 
York. 
Harperville; village in Scott County, Mississippi, named for G. W. Harper, an old 
resident. 
Harpswell; town in Cumberland County, Maine, probably named from the town in 
England. 
Harrellsville; town in Hertford County, North Carolina, named for a former resi- 
dent. 
Harriet; lake in Minnesota, named for the wife of Colonel Leavenworth. 
Harrietstown; town in Franklin County, New York, named for the wife of James 
Duane. 
Harrietta; village in Wexford County, Michigan, a combination of the names of the 
manager of the Ann Arbor Railroad, Harry, and that of his wife, Henrietta. 
Harrington; town in Kent County, Delaware, named for the Hon. Samuel M. Har- 
rington, at one time chancellor of the State. 
Harris; town in Humboldt County, California, named for an early settler. 
Harris; county in Georgia, named for Charles Harris, a prominent lawyer and judge. 
Harris; county in Texas, named for John R. Harris, who erected the first steam 
sawmill in Texas (1829). 
Harrisburg; township and city in Saline County, Illinois, named for a family of first 
settlers. 
Harrisburg; town in Lewis County, New York, named for Richard Harrison, of 
New York. 
Harrisburg; city in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, named for John Harris, the 
original proprietor. 
Harrison; counties in Indiana, Iowa, and Mississippi; town in Gloucester County, 
New Jersey, and twenty other places, named for President William Henry Har- 
rison. 
Harrison; counties in Kentucky and West Virginia, named for Col. Benjamin Har- 
son, father of William Henry Harrison. 
